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[Jim McDonald]

I have made many a loop in the waste to get an outside corner sharp and have nibbled the waste on inside corners to enlarge the kerf just enough. 

It's not cheating--just using the tools I have.

[Bill WIlson]

On 9/21/2019 at 8:45 PM, Jim McDonald said:

I have made many a loop in the waste to get an outside corner sharp and have nibbled the waste on inside corners to enlarge the kerf just enough. 

It's not cheating--just using the tools I have.

Same here.  That's pretty much my standard procedure for really sharp corners.  I rarely try to spin to make those turns, unless there isn't any waste area to work with.  I don't do production cutting, so it really doesn't matter if it slows me down a little.

[kmmcrafts]

Here is how I do it... Video I put up on my FB page a while ago.. 

Think I posted this on here a while back.. 

 

 

Here is another video from my blog on my website showing me cut out a complete Christmas ornament.. Stack cutting 4 at a time I think.. I remember when I first started cutting this pattern years ago before i could do turns like that... I hated those couple medical symbols, LOL This is a while ago as I was cutting on my old Dewalt here.. That's been sold and gone for about a year or better now..

 

Video link below. you might have to scroll down a bit to click on the video.. top image is just a picture..

 

https://www.kevskrafts.com/post/397335857776/how-my-items-are-made

 

Edited September 24, 2019 by kmmcrafts

[OzarkSawdust]

1 hour ago, kmmcrafts said:

Here is how I do it... Video I put up on my FB page a while ago.. 

Think I posted this on here a while back.. 

 

 

Here is another video from my blog on my website showing me cut out a complete Christmas ornament.. Stack cutting 4 at a time I think.. I remember when I first started cutting this pattern years ago before i could do turns like that... I hated those couple medical symbols, LOL This is a while ago as I was cutting on my old Dewalt here.. That's been sold and gone for about a year or better now..

 

Video link below. you might have to scroll down a bit to click on the video.. top image is just a picture..

 

https://www.kevskrafts.com/post/397335857776/how-my-items-are-made

 

WOW! I would love to cut like that Kevin. What blade are you using? I'm going to get some spiral blades and try it. It's just a piece of wood...make designer firewood! I started on a NASCAR ornament last night after I finished the hummingbird, and I moved the "foot" up slightly. This still held the piece down, mostly, and made it easier to turn. I had been putting it firmly on the wood and it had some resistance to being moved in any direction.

What is the best, read easiest to use, spiral blade to start out on? I'm guessing a #2/0 or #3/0.

 

I just watched the video of you cutting the medical helicopter !!! Amazing!! Some questions and observations:

What blade are you using? It turns the tight corners so effortlessly...and cuts a straight line.

You don't use the hold down foot. And you don't look like you're using any pressure to keep the piece from bouncing. Cutting 1/2", 4ea. 1/8" pieces stacked?

You're running high speed on the saw. I have only cut as slow as it goes. Vibrates way to much to cut when I turn it up. I'm hoping when I build a bench and bolt it down that will tame if not stop. Right now it's just sitting on my Fly and Crappie jig tying bench, although I might look for a thin foam pad to put under it.

What machine are you using? If I continue to progress this winter I'll be looking for a good saw in the spring. I like several things about it. The top arm lifts up out of the way to change holes, the blade screw is a hand knob (I am using a Allen screw now may look for one like yours), The lever to add and remove tension is on the front instead of reaching to the back of the arm like mine. Are you using a foot switch? Is it more convenient? What is all taped up on top of the arm?

Sorry if I'm driving you crazy. You are very organized and have a nice smooth cadence to your work. That is what I'm aspiring towards. Thanks

Edited September 24, 2019 by OzarkSawdust

[kmmcrafts]

1 hour ago, OzarkSawdust said:

WOW! I would love to cut like that Kevin. What blade are you using? I'm going to get some spiral blades and try it. It's just a piece of wood...make designer firewood! I started on a NASCAR ornament last night after I finished the hummingbird, and I moved the "foot" up slightly. This still held the piece down, mostly, and made it easier to turn. I had been putting it firmly on the wood and it had some resistance to being moved in any direction.

What is the best, read easiest to use, spiral blade to start out on? I'm guessing a #2/0 or #3/0.

Cutting out the pheasant clock from 5/8 cherry I was using a Pegas MG blade.. most likely a number 3 or 5 as that is about the only sizes I use in both Pegas or Flying Dutchman UR blades.. The video of me cutting out the ornament.. I'm using a FD-UR #5 blade.. 

Takes a lot of practice to cut like that, LOL I've been sawing for 15 years about 3 - 4 hours a day.. pretty much every day.. only about the last 5-6 years have I been able to cut like that on those corners.. But I think it was longer time like that because I was stuck in a groove of thinking I couldn't do it so I did like others have said.. loop around and or shave the edge away so the turn is easier.. so I never really tried..  The videos I make I actually cut quite a lot slower than I normally do because the way I do the video.. You see what I see.. in the video though you see it much larger than I do... I don't place the camera on a camera stand off to the side like most do.. I have a magnifier light like many others do.. I tape my iPhone 4 or 5 depending on how old the video is, LOL to the top of the lens of my magnifier light.. so when I'm sawing in the videos.. I'm looking through my small phone screen to see what I'm doing rather than looking through the large 5" magnifier lens.. so it's kinda difficult to see what I'm doing which makes me cut slower than normal.. 

With spiral blades I almost exclusively use a FD-NS #2/0 or a #1... Keep in mind I'm almost always cutting 1/2" + thick material.. I stack cut most everything I make except the clocks.. if it's thin 1/8" or 1/4" then I'm stacking it up to be 1/2 - 3/4" thick.